Comb cleaning device



Nov. 25, 1958 H. D. KOENlG COMB CLEANING DEVICE Filed 001'.. 27. 1955INV ENTOR.

United States Patent O COMB CLEANING DEVICE Harry D. Koenig, New York,N. Y., assignor to Braun, Wettberg & Co., Beerfelden (Odenwald), WestGermany, a firm Application October 27, 1955, Serial No. 543,136

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-39) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in comb cleaning devices.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the construction of animproved comb cleaner which can easily and conveniently be carried inpocket or purse and which will quickly and eiectively clean a pocketcomb merely by passing the comb through the cleaner.

As a further object, the present invention proposes forming the combcleaner with a casing having no dimension greater than the length of apocket comb and small enough to hold easily inone hand with brushesrotatably, slidably and removably mounted in the casing.

Another object of the invention proposes constructing the casing withtwo complementary members frictionally and removably to t together tohold any dirt or hair cleaned from a comb until it can be convenientlydisposed of and to permit the brushes to be cleaned at intervals or whendesired.

Still another object of the invention proposes forming the casing withend walls and with bearing members rotatably and removably to hold apair of meshing spiral brushes in the casing adjacent opposed alignedcomb slot openings in the casing.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a comb cleaner constructed in accordancewith the present invention, a comb being indicated in dot-dash.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1 with thecasing halves opened and separated.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the casing members shown in Fig.2.

The comb cleaner, in accordance with the invention illustrated in Figs.l to 3, inclusive, has a casing 15 which may be made of plastic, metal,wood or similar material.

Casing 15 has two complementary halves or members 65 and 17 with endwalls or portions 66 and 67 and 21 and 22, respectively. Casing member17 also has side Walls 23 and 24 and a front face or side 25. Casing2,861,286 Patented Nov. 25, 1958 member has side walls 26 and 27 and arear face or side 28. Aligned opposed comb slot openings 29 and 30 areprovided in the front face or side 25 and in the rear face or side 28,the major axes of the slot openings extending lengthwise of the casingmembers toward the end walls. A

Comb slot openings 29 and 30 are arranged for a comb 31 to pass throughat and endwise in one opening and out the other.

Casing member 65 has U-shaped shaft bearing members 68 spaced along theend walls 66 and 67 to rotatably and removably support a pair of brushshafts 37 and 38 having spiral brushes 39 and 40. The brush shafts aredisposed in the brush shaft bearing members so as to put the brushes 39and 40 in meshing engagement between the comb slot openings 29 and 30 ofthe casing. A pair of inverted U-shaped clamps 68 frictionally andremovably lit over the bearing members 68 to hold the shafts inposition. A ange edge portion 69 encircles the casing member 65.

The casing 15 is substantially smaller than the length of comb 31 forconvenient carrying in pocket or purse as well as for structural andfunctional purposes.

Casing member 17 has opposed flanged edge portions 41 and casing member65 has coacting grooved portions 42 frictionally and removably to holdthe casing members together.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes andmodiiications may be made within the scope of the invention as definedin the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent ing having opposed sides withopposed aligned comb slot openings for a comb to pass through atwise andendwise in one opening and out the other, a pair of spiral brushes withcentral axial shafts rotatably and removably mounted in the casingadjacent the comb slot openings for a comb inserted through the combslot openings to pass between and rotate same, said casing havingU-shaped bearing members against the ends thereof, said brush shaftsbeing rotatably and removably mounted in said bearing members, and holddown inverted U-shaped clamps frictionally and removably fitted over thelbearing members to removably and rotatably hold the brush shafts insaid bearing members.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,036,840 Thiesen Apr. 7, 1936 2,202,516 Calleo May 28, 1940 2,700,782McClure Feb. 1, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 142,627 Australia July 30, 1951607,844 Great Britain Sept. 6, 1948 A comb cleaner comprising a hollowrectangular cas-

